Oil is tainted with worker’s blood in Puerto Gaitan, Colombia

Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie (PASC)

On the afternoon of December 11, 2012, a hired assassin killed union leader MILTON ENRIQUE RIVAS PARRA.  The event took place in the municipality of Puerto Gaitan (Meta department, Colombia), near the offices of TERMOTECNICA, where he worked as an●●●

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The Flex Syndrome

I. Schipper, K. Racz and Z. Perényi, SOMO and Association of Responsible Consumers

Working conditions in the Hungarian electronics sector Low-cost electronics production facilities have been established in Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Estonia) to supply the European market. Although working conditions within electronics manufacturing companies in South-East●●●

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EU lawmakers approve trade deals with Latin America

EurActiv

MEPs approved free-trade accords with Colombia, Peru and six Central American nations today (11 December), giving them permanent access to the EU’s 500 million consumers and offering the EU’s stagnant economy new markets for its cars and luxury goods. Setting aside●●●

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